Bret Smith Family

Smith Family

The Smith family in 2017

Family Name

Smith

Website

http://smithfamilia2.blogspot.com

Location

Griffin, Georgia

Number of Children

12 (1 deceased)

Number of Grandchildren

30

Family Members

Parents

Bret and Jackie Smith

Children

Alan Smith, Kressant Morton, Rachel Morton, Bethany Lane, Madara Smith, Armando Smith, Wallace Smith, Madeks Smith, Yerik Smith, Sitara Smith, Madisen Smith, Gavido Smith

Grandchildren

Brian Smith, Michael Morton III, Ronald Smith, Joey Morton, Carlos Morton, Esther Smith, William Morton, Jonathan Morton, Wallace Smith, Isabella Morton, Anna Smith, Ariana Morton, Lewis Lane, Byron Morton, Elizabeth Smith, Luke Morton, Lynnora Lane, Fletcher Morton, Dorothy Smith, Olivia Morton, London Lane, Jackson Smith, DeKalb Morton, Caleb Lane, Levi Morton, Varina Morton, Camille Lane, Manuel Morton, Julia Lane, Gabriel Morton

Religious Details

Church

Home church

School Choice

Homeschool at first, public school as of 2018

The Smith family (not to be confused with this family of the same name) has 12 (1 deceased) children and 30 grandchildren from Bret and Jackie Smith. They run ministries titled The Homeschool Advantage/The Digital Tutor, Captain Bret's Christian Movie Show, and Fellowship of the Father. ^[1] ^[2]

Family

Bret Alan "Cap'n Bret" Smith I - November 3, 1960 ^[3]
Jacqueline Lea "Jackie" Sheats - August 25 ^[4]^[5]

Anniversary: July 4, 1980^[6]

	Name	Date of Birth	Notes
1	Bret Alan "Alan" Smith, Jr.	July 31, 1983 ^[7]	divorced from Katie Morton with 8 (permanently estranged) children, currently imprisoned
2	Kressant Amanda Morton	July 15, 1987 ^[8]	married to Michael Morton with 8 children
3	Rachel Lea Morton	July 21, 1989 ^[9]	married to Wesley Morton with 8 children
4	Bethany Lynn Lane	January 17, 1991 ^[10]	married to Danny Lane with 6 children
5	Madara Louise Smith	November 16, 1996 ^[11]^[12]	born in Latvia; adopted in 2007; biological sibling of Wallace, Madeks, Madisen, and Gavido
6	Armando "Arman" Smith	June 8, 1997 ^[13]	born in Kazakhstan, adopted sometime before 2005, biological sibling of Yerik
7	Wallace Yivoh Smith	October 23, 1998 ^[14]	married to Danielle Norris, born in Latvia; adopted in 2007; biological sibling of Madara, Madeks, Madisen, and Gavido
8	Joshua Madeks "Madeks" Smith	November 21, 2001 ^[15]	born in Latvia; adopted in 2007; biological sibling of Madara, Wallace, Madisen, and Gavido
9	Yerik "Yuchi" Smith	May 28, 2002^[15]	born in Kazakhstan, adopted sometime before 2005, biological sibling of Armando
10	Sitara Grace Smith	February 19, 2003^[16]	born in Texas, adopted in 2010. Passed away August 24, 2021^[17]^[18]
11	Ronald Madisen "Madisen" Smith	May 22, 2003^[19]	born in Latvia; adopted in 2007; biological sibling of Madara, Wallace, Madeks, and Gavido
12	Daniel Gavido "Gavido" Smith	July 24, 2005 ^[20]^[21]	born in Latvia; adopted in 2007; biological sibling of Madara, Wallace, Madeks, and Madisen

Alan

Alan was married to Katie Morton from April 8, 2006 until sometime in 2016 or 2017, during which they had eight children. In July of 2016, he was arrested and charged with rape, incest, and child molestation in Colquitt County, Georgia. ^[22] In April 2018, he accepted a plea deal for two counts of child molestation and was sentenced to 8 to 10 years in prison, to be served concurrently and including time already served. ^[23] He has since been convicted on additional charges in Spalding County, Georgia (aggravated sexual battery, cruelty to children, and child molestation) and sentenced to 30 years in prison. ^[24] ^[25]

Alan's Family

Catherine Esther May "Katie" Morton - April 4, 1983 ^[26]

Katie and the children have no contact with Alan or with his parents. They live in Moultrie, Georgia.

	Name	Date of Birth	Notes
1	Bret Alan "Brian" Smith III	January 15, 2007 ^[27]	dating Hanna Coppock^[28]
2	Ronald Michael Smith	January 9, 2008 ^[29]	dating Claire Williford^[30]
3	Catherine Esther "Esther" Smith	May 17, 2009 ^[31]
4	Wallace Johnson Smith	August 16, 2010 ^[32]
5	Anna Grace Smith	October 25, 2011 ^[33]
6	Elizabeth Rose Smith	January 29, 2013 ^[34]
7	Dorothy Jacqueline Smith	October 2014 ^[35]
8	Jackson Lee Smith	July 30, 2016 ^[36]

Michael morton family — Kressant's family in August 2024

Kressant's Family

Michael Beveridge Morton, Jr. - June 6, 1984 ^[37]

Anniversary: September 2, 2006

Michael and Kressant have no contact with Alan or with her parents. They live in Filadelfia, Paraguay.

	Name	Date of Birth
1	Michael Beveridge Morton III	June 26, 2007 ^[38]
2	Carlos Phinehas Morton	July 31, 2008 ^[39]
3	Jonathan DeWet Morton	November 15, 2009^[15]
4	Isabella Grace Morton	April 24, 2011 ^[40]
5	Byron Zizka Morton	October 4, 2012 ^[41]
6	Harold Fletcher "Fletcher" Morton	June 18, 2014 ^[42]
7	El Roi DeKalb "Cab" Morton	November 6, 2016 ^[43]
8	Varina Brooke Morton	August 6, 2018 ^[44]

W r family 2019 — Rachel's family in 2019

Rachel's Family

Joseph Wesley "Wesley" Morton - March 9, 1988 ^[45]

Anniversary: September 8, 2007

Wesley and Rachel have no contact with Alan or with her parents. They live in Filadelfia, Paraguay.

	Name	Date of Birth	Notes
1	Joseph Wesley "Joey" Morton, Jr.	May 5, 2008 ^[46]
2	William Stone Morton	September 9, 2009 ^[47]
	Timothy Morton	September 2, 2010 ^[48]	miscarriage at 14-18 weeks
3	Ariana Grace Morton	March 19, 2012 ^[49]
4	Luke Anthony Morton	July 13, 2013 ^[50]
5	Olivia Brooklyn Morton	March 8, 2015^[15]
6	Levi Andreas Morton	March 28, 2017 ^[51]
7	Manuel Leon Morton	April 23, 2019 ^[52]^[53]
8	Gabriel Lorenzo Morton	~April 2024^[54]

Beth family 2018 — Bethany and her family in 2018

Bethany's Family

Lewis Dan "Danny" Lane III - December 21, 1990

Anniversary: January 28, 2012 ^[55]

	Name	Date of Birth
1	Lewis Dan Lane IV	August 6, 2012 ^[56]
2	Lynnora Jean Lane	September 29, 2013 ^[57]
3	London Elizabeth Lane	April 10, 2015^[15]
4	Caleb Hester Lane	December 13, 2016 ^[58]
5	Camille Alexandria Lane	March 24, 2019 ^[59]
6	Julia Lane^[60]	March 27, 2022^[61]

Wallace's Family

Wallace and Danielle Smith — Wallace and Danielle in March 2022

Danielle Nicole Norris - June 20, 1997^[62]

Anniversary: March 26, 2022^[63]

profile photo credit

References

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[:2-15] 15.0 ^15.1 ^15.2 ^15.3 ^15.4 https://imgur.com/a/65P00pG

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[44] ttps://www.instagram.com/p/BmLgQOygv8C/

[45] ttps://www.instagram.com/p/BgGc9N1nD1E/?taken-by=tayte_and_martha

[46] ttps://www.instagram.com/p/BiZksWWHpn-/?taken-by=tayte_and_martha

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[51] ttps://www.instagram.com/p/BSM6bS0AJFt/?taken-by=tayte_and_martha

[52] ttps://www.instagram.com/p/BwovZ32Fscz/

[53] ttps://www.facebook.com/bethany.lane.58/posts/10218464682755651

[54] ttps://imgur.com/a/MoYtpHe

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[60] ttps://imgur.com/a/1kelm6e

[61] ttps://www.instagram.com/p/CbqZ5Z5Ow_O/

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